Man in 2010 standoff found guilty of federal gun, drug charges

5:28 AM,
Aug. 31, 2013

Written by

Brian Wilson
The Tennessean

The man who forced a hourlong standoff with Metro Police at a Dickerson Pike bar in 2010 was convicted Thursday on federal gun and drug charges.

Albert Franklin, Jr., 51, was found guilty in conspiring to possess Oxycodon with the intent to distribute it, using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to a release from the office of interim U.S. attorney David Rivera.

"We are pleased with the jury's verdict and will seek a sentence that will insure the defendant and his violent acts are removed from this ...